At this moment i am trying to decide whether i should wear my usual hoodie to bed or risk getting bit my mosquitos even more than usual. It's really hot tonight...or i'm running a fever i can't tell. Anyway, i'm sweating and uncomfortable. Today just plain sucked..but ended well. I don't even want to go into details, but i was miserable and no one likes a miserable Angie! I tried to keep to myself so no one else would have to put up with me. As i was staring at the wall wondering what i was going to do for the [View Full Entry]

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On the 30th of April, we were invited to attend a birthday party for Vitillo Abalo at the Café de Los Angelitos, another of the historic confiterias in Buenos Aires. The cafe dates from 1890 and has been completely restored. It is located very close to the Casa de Maria Tango, on Rivadavia. http://www.cafedelosangelitos.com/ Vitillo Abalos is one of the surviving brothers of the Hermanos Abalos, a music group that was an important force in bringing Argentine Folkloric Music and Dancing to international attention during the 20th century. http://users.erols.com/abalos/ http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/2002/santiago_del_estero/madre-de-ciudades/habalos.htm At the birthday party, there were live performances from many musicians [View Full Entry]

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May 2-4, Claudia, Sebastian (from France), and I went to El Tigre for the weekend. We rented a different house, Melodi - the house in front of Filomena. It’s an older house than Filomena, but was quite nice. A neighbor, Sergio fixed us dinner Friday night. Saturday, I went rowing with my friend Inés, then we had a long lunch at El Hornero. We walked around the island and visited the local feria artesenal. We ordered a pizza from another neighbor for dinner. Sunday, we got up and went for a long walk, then had an asado with Inés and Julian. [View Full Entry]

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On May 14, I visited the Botanical Gardens with Jayne, a new guest from England (although she currently lives in France). It was a lovely day, very warm - it feels like summer again. Afterwards we came back to the house and had a baby shower for Daniela, the secretary. Her baby is due in July. Baby showers are not an Argentine custom, so Nancy and I had to give instructions to the girls on how a shower should be done. We had cake, played games and of course, Daniela opened her gifts - all pink! Hopefully, the ultrasound was [View Full Entry]

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Viña del Mar est une station balenaire tres frequentee l´ete. C´est plutot joli, surtout les jardins et le musee des Beaux Arts. Viña del Mar is a seaside resort more popular during the summer. It´s quite nice, especially the gardens and the Arts museum. [View Full Entry]

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The 30+ degree weather is over, and I can now walk the streets without looking like I just took a shower. We arrived here in Medellin yesterday, and could instantly feel the difference in temperature, and it was more than a welcomed change. The city is different than any of the other places we have been so far. Bogota and Cartagena were cities with narrow streets and bustling traffic. Medellin is a long, stretched out city that is based in a valley, and walking around, the city has a laid back feel which I find odd for the western appearance [View Full Entry]

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Hola chicos! I haven´t been able to do everything what I might have done of I felt better. However, 2 days ago I´ve, again, eaten something bad consequently having stomachaches yesterday.., it even becae so bad that I had to vomit 2 twice.. (I can´t remember the last time that I had vomitted, so for me it was kind of extraordinary that I did vomit..) At the moment I´m feeling weak, but better. My stomach is mas tranquillo, but still not all the bad stuff is out of my system. So, today I´ll be having a day of doing nothing again. [View Full Entry]

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Maggie is now 3 weeks old. Here is a picture with her and Jason. [View Full Entry]

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Ahoyhoy! This week has gone by quite quickly. We caught a bus at 6:00 on monday morning to take us back to Mindo and start our work for the week. We arrived right on time at 8:30 for breakfast, and started work very quickly. Our work this week has consisted mostly of planting more coffee trees. However, I made rather an unpleasant discovery in regards to the organization we are working for. The owners of the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation, who are Americans, have assigned us to the job of planting coffee with the intention to sell it and raise funds for [View Full Entry]

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On the scale of things our latest bus trip at 3hrs was like a trip to the corner store. Destination was Tafi De Valle which is located 2000m up in the mountains. We were expecting to finally enter cactus country as Tucuman and Salta are said to be very dry and desolute regions of Argentina. It therefore took us by surprise when the bus started winding up through dense green forest/jungle. To make it all the more bizzare, with the blink of an eye and a few turns of the bus we reached the peak to see the extreme jungle open [View Full Entry]

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